HMFH Architects Inc.

After years of nurturing a controversial affordable housing project through the planning and approval stages, as well as overcoming legal battles and the recession, Lori Cowles finally gets to watch it go up before her eyes in Cambridge.

This week's listings include a newly renovated property in Whittier, Calif., with an abundance of amenities and a historic asset with original 1912 architecture in the trendy Portland neighborhood of Hollywood.